Paul M.A. Baker教授讲座通知
讲座题目：面向先进技能人力资源新角色开发的高等教育的再设计与再定位
（Redesign and Repositioning Universities for the Role of Advanced Skilled Workforce
Development)
讲座教授：Paul M.A. Baker，美国乔治亚理工大学战略创新和研究中心主任，乔治亚理工先进信息政策研究中心科学家
时间：10月17日（周二）下午15：00到17：00
地点：新主楼A座1148
主持人：陈向东 教授
主讲人介绍：
Paul M.A. Baker, Ph.D.,is Senior Director of Research and Strategic
Innovation and principal research scientist at Georgia Tech's Center for
Advanced Communications Policy; he's also an adjunct professor in the Centre
for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
His research focuses on include higher education and disability policy,
workforce development, connected and online communities,
and collaborative workspaces, accessible/usable information technology,
and networks of innovation. Baker has a Ph.D. in Public Policy from George
Mason University, an M.P. in Urban Planning from the University of
Virginia, and an M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason
University, and an MTS (Theological Studies) from Emory University. He has B.S.
in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin.
Website:http://paulmbaker.gatech.edu/profile/
Contact him atpaul.baker@gatech.edu
讲座摘要：
Increasingly,occupations generally considered "blue collar” (technical or vocational)
require mastery of advanced skills beyond what is available in standard
secondary education. These skills traditionally been acquired in a more
technical vocational training settings. However, in many industrialized
countries, workforces are clustering along an educational gradient into unskilled,
basic labor, at one end, and highly educated, specialized, research and
design-focused knowledge workers at the other. This neglects the
important middle range of specialized, but technically advanced skills needed
in modern production environments. Universities have not generally been
interested in this sort of specialized applied training. But employers and
other actors have begun to pressure traditional higher education (colleges and
universities) to rethink and change education to produce a better fit between
the traditional academic degree and a more practical skill set employers need.
One approach is for universities to apply their experience in applied,
industrial research to develop new teaching and training approaches to produce
skilled workers. From a policy standpoint, there is an opportunity to design
innovative policy in a way which help support the development of skilled
workforces which are adaptable to the changing needs of industry and research
as well as are capable of upgrading their skills as needed by the changing
economy. Absent this reform, other alternatives (private sector, technical
institutions, industry training) will reduce the influence universities have in
globally competitive societies.
经管学院科研办
2017-10-11
